Firefox: Use address bar to automatically find pages using keywords

jp_bl_68

jp_bl_68

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I'm currently running the latest FF on a Windows 7 (Home Premium, 64-bit) laptop. I also have the same version of FF installed on my Macbook.

When using FF on my Macbook I can type a word into the address bar, hit enter and FF will work out what site I want and take me straight to it (e.g. if I type "youtube" into the address bar I'll end up at "youtube.com"). When I try doing the same thing on my Windows machine it searches google instead.

I can't remember how I got FF to do this on my Mac. Does anyone know?
 
This used to work for me on previous versions of firefox. Since upgrading to firefox 4 it just searches google. I never set any options before. Maybe you need to visit particular sites a certain number of times for it to make the assumption?
 
From http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/790755#answer-145178

Firefox 3.6.* uses Google's "Browse by name" search rather that "I'm feeling lucky" To set Firefox 4 to use the browse by name search you need to change a hidden preference.

Type about:config into the location bar and press enter
Accept the warning message that appears, you will be taken to a list of preferences
Locate the preference keyword.URL, double-click on it and change it to the link shown below

http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=

If you want it to use the I'm feeling lucky search, set it to this link:

http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I'm+Feeling+Lucky&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=
Click to expand...

The 'I'm feeling lucky' url is the one you want.
 
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